In the new science-fiction thriller Perfect, a boy in a cold and stark modern house is seduced by advertisements of perfection to install implantable characteristics directly into his body. The implants heal his dark, twisted visions, but come with a corporeal cost. He persists in applying them, hoping to reach perfection, but ultimately he discovers that purity of mind is not exactly as he’s imagined.

Perfect stars Garrett Wareing, Courtney Eaton, Tao Okamoto, Maurice Compte, Abbie Cornish, Martin Sensmeier, Sarah McDaniel, Chris Santos, Leonardo Nam, and Regan ‘Busdriver’ Farquhar. The film is written by Ted Kupper and directed by Eddie Alcazar. The movie’s music is by Flying Lotus, who also exec-produced Perfect with Steven Soderbergh.

Perfect will receive its world premiere at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas on March 11. More information about the film’s SXSW screening schedule can be found at the festival’s official website.

Last week, SingularDTV hosted a screening for the film Perfect. Directed by Eddie Alcazar, with a score by Flying Lotus, executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, the movie depicts a psychedelic retro-futurist view on a violent young man’s journey through rehabilitation at a mysterious institution. Shot at the infamous Sheats-Goldstein Residence, the Lautner-designed home was a perfect setting to present the directors world of self-mutilation, ritualistic bathing, and lackadaisical models strewn across leather furniture including Flaunt faves Rainsford and Shaun Ross.

Netflix has announced a slew of new anime series, including a show titled “Yasuke” that is being executive-produced by Flying Lotus, as Deadline reports. FlyLo is also composing the soundtrack to the series, which will be directed by LeSean Thomas (“The Boondocks”) and stars Lakeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You, “Atlanta”) voicing the lead role. While details are scarce, “Yasuke” revolves around “a retired ronin who must take up his sword when he is charged with the task of transporting a mysterious child who dark forces want to eliminate.”

The sci-fi thriller, which is executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, stars Garrett Wareing, Courtney Eaton, and Abbie Cornish. The film follows a young man with a violent past who enters a mysterious clinic where the patients transform themselves using genetic engineering.

In the new science-fiction thriller Perfect, a boy in a cold and stark modern house is seduced by advertisements of perfection to install implantable characteristics directly into his body. The implants heal his dark, twisted visions, but come with a corporeal cost. He persists in applying them, hoping to reach perfection, but ultimately he discovers that purity of mind is not exactly as he’s imagined.

Flying Lotus, aka Steven Ellison, has directed and scored a new short film, Skinflick, under his filmmaking alias steve. Watch it below, via Nowness. The short’s subject is Bob Heslip, who performs as Bumpy Bob the Bubble Boy, referring to the fleshy lumps on his body caused by the skin condition and tumor disorder Neurofibromatosis type 1. In a press release, Ellison describes meeting Heslip while shooting KUSO. Ellison says, “He is a lovely man and I wanted to make a film that would honor the beauty of his unique condition.”

Legendary funk musician George Clinton and comedians Byron Bowers andAnders Holm have joined the cast of Kuso, the debut directorial feature from acclaimed rapper and DJ Flying Lotus. It’s the first movie from Brainfeeder films and is currently filming in Los Angeles.

Multihyphenate artist Flying Lotus is partnering with filmmaker Eddie Alcazar on Brainfeeder Films, now officially formalized as an independent film finance and production company aimed at developing and supporting creative content.